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第 dì

sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 2
Radical
⺮
Type
Ideograph
Made of 弟 ⿱⺮弟

Memory hint: Bamboo strips ⺮ arrayed in sequence; 弟 provides the pronunciation

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  1. 这是我第一次来中国。
    Zhè shì wǒ dìyī cì lái Zhōngguó.
    This is my first time coming to China.
    this is my first time come china
  2. 这是不是第一次？
    Zhè shì bu shì dìyī cì?
    Is this the first time?
    this is-not-is first time (question)
  3. 我们从第一课开始学吧。
    Wǒmen cóng dì yī kè kāishǐ xué ba.
    Let's start learning from the first lesson.
    we from ordinal-one lesson start study (suggestion)
  4. 这不是他第一次迟到了。
    Zhè bú shì tā dìyī cì chídào le.
    This isn't the first time he's been late.
    this not is he first time late (particle)
  5. 比赛那天，他得了第一名。
    Bǐsài nà tiān, tā déle dì yī míng.
    On the day of the competition, he got first place.
    competition that day, he got (particle) ordinal-one place

Words with 第 (1)